Sales are up this year on pumpkins! Could it be that family traditions and holidays are our sanctuary from what is going on in the world right now?
Here in Suffolk County, there is no shortage of places to pick pumpkins and it makes for a fun family day, whether you just bring them home and put them on the front porch, or carve them up for Halloween. There is nothing that brings a smile to your face quicker than seeing a small child try to pick a pumpkin twice their size!
Get an early start to visit one of these pumpkin farms:
Albert H. Scmitt Family Farms: Located on Bagatelle Road, Melville. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends and holidays. For further information (631) 549-1159; www.schmittsfamilyfarms.com.
Elwood Pumpkin Farm: Located on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For further information 9631) 368-8626.
White Post Farms: Located on Old Country Road in Melville. Open Daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For further information (631) 351-9373; www.whitepostfarm.com.
Kaufold's Country Florist Farm: Located on Middle Country Road in Ridge. Open weekends and holidays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For further information (631) 924-1265.
Stakey's Pumpkin Farm: Located on West Lane in Aquebogue. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends and Noon to 5 p.m. weekdays. For further information (631) 722-3467; www.stakeyspumpkinfarm.com.
This is just a few of the many pumpkin farms that can be found on Long Island.
Kathy Passarette and Creative Home Expressions are based on Long Island, New York, and can help you accessorize with your pumpkins. For more information please visit our website at www.creativehomeexpressions.com.
As my birthday is on Halloween, I have a special interest in the goings on at this time of year. While I love the idea of Haunted Houses, I tend to stay away after losing my voice from screaming one year. At this point in my life, my age is about the only scary thing I can handle on Halloween.
Most of the Haunted Houses listed are not suitable for small children (unless you want to be up with them for nights on end), but there are other events they will enjoy.
Nassau County
Bayville Scream Park: Located on Bayville Avenue in Bayville. This amusement park's Bloodworth Manor and Evil in the Woods is not for kids, but they do take the little ones into consideration with Temple of Terror and Funhouse of Fear on kids' days ($8.00 each). Open 6 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays, 6-10 p.m. Sundays -Thursdays up until November 9, 2008. For more information (516) 62-GHOST; www.bayvillescreampark.com.
Valley Stream Haunted Firehouse: Located on Brooklyn Avenue, Valley Stream. This is not for children under 10 years of age. You can view an "autopsy" and have a picture taken of your own execution. An entire firehouse floor is being used for this event, which ends November 1, 2008. $10.00 per person. For more information (516) 353-9637.
Suffolk County
Darkside Haunted House: Located on Route 25A in Wading River. Probably one of the more well-known Haunted Houses in Suffolk County, also has a Haunted Village. I can confirm that this is not for the faint of heart. This is not recommended for children under 12. The Village is suitable for all during daytime hours. Admission is $10.00; $5.00 for the Village only afternoons; after 6 p.m. admission is $18.00. For more information (631) 369-SCAR; www.darksideproductions.com.
Mills Pond House of Horrors: Located on Route 25A in St. James. This is a Historic Haunted House with 3,600 sq. ft. of special effects. Not recommended for small children. From October 12-26th it is open from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; From October 29th and 30th from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., and on October 31st from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $15.00. For more information (631) 862-6575.
The Haunted Inn: Located on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays, the Haunted Inn burned down in 1921 killing two people who are believed to roam the halls. Halloween week from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are $15.00. For further information (631) 728-4121; www.hauntedinnli.com.
North Babylon Fire Dept.: Located on Wallace Court in North Babylon, this Firehouse of Terror is geared toward younger and older children. Open Friday-Sunday through Halloween. Admission is $12.00. Fridays and Saturdays 7 p.m. to midnight; Sundays 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Halloween night 7 p.m. to midnight.
Kathy Passarette and Creative Home Expressions are based on Long Island, New York, and can help you decorate, stage or redesign your house (haunted or otherwise). For further information, please visit our website at www.creativehomeexpressions.com.
Gas at $4.00 a gallon, food prices rising, pillows costing $7.00 on airlines, is it any wonder that "staycations" and "cocooning" have become buzz words recently. With our current economy, more and more people are choosing to stay at home and making do with what they've got. Decorating your home is more important than ever now. With Fall just around the corner, our thoughts turn back to sprucing up the inside of our homes.
While you may not feel you need a full interior decorating job, many decorators can work with you on an hourly basis for such things as: window treatments; paint color selection; accessory shopping and placement. Interior redesign utilizes furniture and accessories you already own but perhaps placed in a different way so that you see it through fresh eyes.
Some fresh tips to get you started:
Photo courtesy Pottery Barn
Our homes are truly our sanctuaries from all that is going on in the outside world; why not make it that place you can come into, close the door and go "Ahhh".
Copyright 2008 Creative Home Expressions ~ Kathy Passarette and Creative Home Expressions are located on Long Island, New York and offer interior decorating, home staging, interior redesign and color consultations. Please visit our website at www.creativehomeexpressins.com for information on our services and fees.
Join Interior Decorator, Kathy Passarette of Creative Home Expressions on Thursday, October 16, 2008, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m., at the Mount Sinai High School for the Adult Education Program "Top Ten Decorating Mistakes and How To Fix Them". You can register through the Adult Education link at the Mount Sinai School District website.
Bring pictures of your own home for discussion after the program.
The fee is $25.00 (free for senior citizens).
Kathy Passarette and Creative Home Expressions are based on Long Island, New York, and offer interior decorating, home staging, interior redesign, color consultations and many other services. Visit our website at www.creativehomeexpressions.com for further information on our services and fees.
You know when Summer starts on Long Island because you start to hear the helicopters overhead on Friday evenings as they come from Manhattan and head to the Hamptons. Then it starts again on Sunday as they all head back to Manhattan. The stragglers will wait and go Monday morning, when you can usually hear them at about 5:00 a.m. The problem is they fly over residential areas and their noise pollution interferes with residents enjoying their own backyards.
In April of this year, Senator Schumer announced a plan to help Long Islanders report helicopters flying below (when you can feel the walls of your house shake) or outside their designated routes. The plan has routed the flights from midtown Manhattan to East Hampton and Gabreski Airport over Long Island Sound, at a minimum altitude of 2,500 feet. It also sends pilots offshore from LaGuardia Airport to Shoreham, where helicopters fly inland over pine barrens and Peconic Bay to reach the East End airports.
Hopefully, we can all enjoy Long Island this Summer!
The hotlines for reporting helicopters not following the plan: Suffolk residents can call Gabreski Airport at 631-852-8095 (although there has been talk of a dedicated 800 number being set up); Nassau residents can call North Hempstead's 311 center.
Kathy Passarette, and Creative Home Expressions, are based on Long Island, New York. We offer interior decorating, home staging, interior redesign and color consultations. Please visit our website at www.creativehomeexpressions.com for more information about our services and fees.
Offering home staging, interior decorating, interior redesign, color consultations and shopping services.
Kathy Passarette and Creative Home Expressions provide interior decorating, redesign, home staging, color consultations and shopping services for every reasonable budget.
Kathy has been involved in interior decorating for over 20 years and formed Creative Home Expressions in 2005 with the goal of providing interior decorating services that would be affordable to everyone.
Kathy Passarette is a Certified Interior Decorator, Interior Design Society Affiliate,and Window Fashions Certified Professionals Associate. She has established herself as an expert in her field with her tips and articles being published in such newspapers as: Newsday, Newday's How To Guide, New York Resident Magazine, the Gwinnett Daily Post, the Denver Post and the Miami Herald, among others.
Kathy recently initiated the formation of the Suffolk County Long Island Chapter of the Interior Design Society, and holds the office of Vice President. Kathy also conducts Adult Education programs on various aspects of interior decorating at the Mount Sinai High School.
Because Kathy has an appreciation for all styles of decorating, Creative Home Expressions does not specialize in any one area. The diversity of styles and rooms is a challenge the company embraces. With meticulous attention to details and an acute decorator's eye, Creative Home Expressions works with each client to make their vision reality - whether it's interior decorating, redesigning or staging.
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"Kathy did a fabulous job on my apartment, and I didn't have to lift a finger. She even went out and did all the shopping for various pieces and accessories, and didn't go over my budget. Now it's going to be a lot harder to leave my apartment."
"Thanks! Everything looks great - we are very happy with our "new" house."
K.D., Commack, New York
" . . . room is nearly complete and the color choices are great; the room looks very elegant . . . "
V.R., Cove Neck, New York - Color Consultation
"It doesn't look like a kid room anymore. It looks much more adult now. Thank you."
A.P., Mount Sinai, New York
"We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the wonderful job you did in helping to make our newly renovated house into a "home". The thought of hiring an interior decorator was both new and a bit scary for us. You did a great job of listening to our ideas and satisfying our tastes in decor and colors."
E.C. & A.C., Huntington, New York
R.W., Brooklyn, New York
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